When we first contemplated homeschooling, I was a bit overwhelmed by the gigantic amount of resources available. I often tell my friends, it’s not finding something to use for homeschooling, but narrowing it down.
I could have pieced things together, using free things I found online, but I really wanted a pre-packaged curriculum, to make my life easier. Brett and I had looked at Highlands Latin School, and after we didn’t gain a spot, we decided to use their curriculum at home.
I love it – it’s laid out simply and concisely, with a heavy phonics emphasis. It’s set up on a 5 day plan – but that doesn’t work that well for me. I try to condense more into two or three days, since it’s hard to work with Rachel when the boys are around.
Since the lesson plan is detailed, and divided into subjects, it’s easy for Brett to pick up and see where we’ve left off. When I was feeling puny during my first trimester,he was able to pick up and work on subjects with her.
To top it all off …. it’s affordable.The Kindergarten package is $260 – completely do-able, even on a budget.
Head over to another amazing homeschool resource, The Homeschool Classroom, to see what everyone else picked as their favorites!
This is great! You should link this up to Pay it Forward when it opens again at the start of the month. We are all looking for great resources recommended by a trusted source!
Holly,
I sure will. I’ll have to mark my calendar!
I’ll have to look into this. I didn’t use a ready-made curriculum this year, but I’ll have a newborn next year, so I’m thinking the investment might be worth it…
I’m a list maker – and I just need to be able to go back and ‘see’ my progress. “look how far we’ve come!”
It’s very very reasonable, price wise.
And, trust me, I’m scared to death about homeschooling with a newborn, and a husband in nursing school. My fall mantra will be, “If He led you to it, He will lead you through it.”
Right?
RIGHT?
Oh Rod and Staff Math is great! I taught it in our church school where we lived before, my husband grew up with it and went from 8th grade R&S to college math with no trouble, and I’m using it now for F and Su. I also really like their preschool books (The ABC) series…
Yes, homeschooling with a baby will be interesting for me too. One thing I’m hoping is that since we school year round- taking time off as we need it- we’ll be able to ease into school and take advantage of #4’s nap schedule etc.
Maybe one of us should run a link up on Homeschooling With an Infant this fall? :-)…K
My good friend married the boy (now grown up…) who was the impetus for The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home.
My friend now home schools their three kids. Years ago, she gave me a copy to read when my son (8) was first born. It changed my understanding of home schooling (for the better) and I think it would be a useful resource on the book shelf of those called to home school.
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